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How Computers Boot Up (2008)

manybutfinite.com published 2008-06-057 min read

The previous post described [motherboards and the memory map] memory-map in Intel computers to set the scene for the initial phases of boot. Booting is an involved, hacky, multi-stage affair - fun st

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